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I am a conservationist: Tony Abbott says no friction w/ Obama on climate change action
2014-06-14 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described himself as a ''conservationist'' who has no disagreement with US President Barack Obama on the subject of climate change. Speaking after his meeting with Mr Obama in Washington, Mr Abbott played down any differences between the two leaders, saying that both he and the US President took climate change ''very seriously''. Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he is a conservationist and there is no disagreement between himself and Obama on climate change. Photo:...
Australia: 'Conservationist' Abbott links himself with Obama on climate change
2014-06-14 16:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described himself as a ''conservationist'' who has no disagreement with President Barack Obama on climate change. In an interview with Fairfax Media in Washington, Mr Abbott said any divisions between Australia and the US over climate policy were overblown, insisting both he and the US President took climate change ''very seriously''. Mr Obama is understood to have told Mr Abbott that while his administration wanted more co-ordinated international action on global...
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Australia: Abbott uses North America trip antagonise US on policy
2014-06-14 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Northern Star: IT WAS time to draw a line in the tar sands. Blindsided by Barack Obama's renewed push for action on global warming, the conservative Prime Ministers of Canada and Australia are making a stand. The United States President's drive to spark international momentum ahead of next year's climate summit in Paris poses a direct threat to their preferred route to prosperity. Stephen Harper and Tony Abbott's shared ideology includes a desire for an emissions-packed future where Canada's dirty tar sands...
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Australia: Tony Abbott is no action man on climate change
2014-06-13 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony conservationist Abbott has been telling the Americans his government supports strong action on climate change. Sadly, every piece of available evidence says the opposite. First, his policy is a competitive government grants scheme in which participation by polluters is voluntary. As veteran US lawmaker Henry Waxman told the ABC this week: That never worked anywhere. Actually, we didnt really need a US politician to tell us that. It was the advice of the 2007 Shergold report to the...
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Tony Abbott: I am a conservationist and we should rest lightly on the planet
2014-06-12 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott has labelled himself a conservationist who believes humanity should rest lightly on the planet. The Australian prime minister made the remark as he sought to downplay any suggestion of disagreement with Barack Obama over climate change. Abbott, who is pushing to dismantle the legislated carbon pricing scheme and replace it with a government-funded competitive grants scheme, said after a meeting with the US president that both leaders took climate change very seriously. It...
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